Comedy Quotes · Page 197

... life is a comedy far darker than drama. It just takes time to learn what to smile at.

— Robin Morgan

“A smaller rocket cut across the sky, trailing smoke. It exploded in a red heart. "Awwwww!" said the crowd. "Upside down," said…

— Jennifer Echols

“(On his gravestone): "I told you I was ill".”

— Spike Milligan

“I say, you look smashing this evening," Zayne strode over to her, took her arm, and began helping her up the walk,…

— Jen Turano

“Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs.”

— Carla H Krueger

“Maybe your aunt is funny in quiet moments with her friends because like many women her age, she was taught to not…

— W. Kamau Bell

There's comedy in tragedy, and tragedy in comedy. There's always light and dark in most jobs. Whether it's framed as a comedy,…

— Harry Treadaway

I believe in putting out positivity into the world and so comedy is a job where you feel like you're making people…

— Karan Soni

I'm currently working on a romantic comedy between me and Philip Seymour Hoffman. So my next step is to write something so…

— Haley Webb

Will Ferrell is a dangerous man. If he thinks you're in his way in show business, he will crack your head open.…

— Tina Fey

The only thing I knew in the world as a little kid was comedy. And no other kids in my school cared…

— Judd Apatow

Being a family in general is a comedy of errors.

— Shannon Woodward

You can only be embarrassed if you allow yourself to be embarrassed. If you embrace it and just accept that you're kind…

— Stephen Merchant

“is there any I could get a glass of water?" [waiter]There is no way... I toss and turn many a night trying…

— Brian Regan

Comedy is one of the toughest genres. It is so essential to get the timing right, failing which the humour can fall…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.

— Ari Graynor

“Worry wasn’t an emotion to which he was particularly accustomed—and it worried him.”

— Sol Luckman

I don't want to be pigeonholed into doing just romantic comedies. But they're fun, and especially for women, it's nice to go…

— Kristen Bell

I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.

— Lena Dunham

Comedy is king. It has to be.

— Steve Pink

“Comedy is like life lessons.”

— Deyth Banger

I think comedy is funnier when it's real.

— Kate Flannery

When you bump into your own mom at an orgy, it's hard not to get her to read into certain things.

— Russell Brand

You know something like 'Patriots Day' that I did a few years ago, which is a drama, is very different than comedy.…

— Jimmy O. Yang

In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there.

— Ivan Reitman

One night I went to this comedy club and paid a hard-earned $5 to get in, and every comic that came up…

— Eddie Griffin

In addition to comedy, I'm a writer. I write checks. They're not very good.

— Wendy Liebman

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other…

— Kumail Nanjiani

I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with.…

— John Carpenter

Talking Heads were a big influence on my comedy. For David Byrne, every album had to be different. With 'Portlandia,' every season…

— Fred Armisen

Doing comedy is my favorite thing.

— Denis Lawson

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place…

— Ted Alexandro

We were really fortunate to work [on Pineapple Express] with a studio that was really supportive of these guys. It was before…

— Seth Rogen

I loved 'Penny Spubbs' and 'We Are Klang,' maybe because I watched them before I started comedy so it was a purer…

— Lou Sanders

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

— Dwayne Johnson

Since 'The Office,' everyone has this idea that comedy is only good if it reflects the way people really speak. But that's…

— Lee Mack

I think Comedy Central and probably all channels are on their way toward being apps accessible on whatever the Roku of the…

— Andy Daly

As you can see, I speak many languages, including the language of sex.

— Kristen Schaal

Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one…

— Aleksey Igudesman

Bouncing ideas off people when you're thinking up comedy is great.

— Casey Nicholaw